I haven’t had time to look through the previous thread, but this seems worth a front page post given the preceding.

Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder
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STOCKHOLM (AP) – Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of rape.
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The accusation had been labeled a dirty trick by Julian Assange and his group, who are preparing to release a fresh batch of classified U.S. documents from the Afghan war.

I think it is a false analogy with what was asked of the NRA and the muslim center. I don’t recall people asking the government to take away the NRA’s rights to hold a public meeting. It was also within a week or so of the shooting not 9 years later. Maybe more of an imperfect analogy. I know some are asking, like Dean, that there be negotiations on the center, but many are asking the government to step in and violate people’s constitutional rights. I don’t think it is quite the same thing.

@Dan: Dean has not yet learned that there is no negotiating with the crazies. He’s thinking of sane people and these people aren’t sane. You’d think he’d have learned that after his primary run, but no, sadly, he hasn’t.

“Investigative journalist Joseph Trento also reported that a comment he recently made on a Fox Network morning news show, Fox and Friends, about Saudi Arabian money still financing Al Qaeda, was edited out of the show. “

Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Chrome.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?

That clip is great; gotta say, I loved the one after it, too. “Team Mohammed” vs. “Team Jesus”. Priceless, and what the Daily Show does best. That they end it by ganging up on the Jew wasn’t lost on me either. >.<

If I were planning a terrorist attack, I would totally do it in a highly visible Muslim community center near the WTC.

Also, FWIW, I have never had Firefox-specific problems here, though as my FF is jam-packed with extensions I sometimes have to deactivate one that doesn’t play nice at a specific site (not here so far).

@matoko_chan: Stewart did his own version of a mea culpaback in January, where he acknowledged being hoodwinked by Breitbart on the ACORN thing the previous September. The 2:50-3:38 section of that clip is the relevant bit.

One of my favorite parts of this clip was how Stewart pointed out that he would prefer there not be terror cells anywhere in Manhattan, i.e., if it’s a terror cell, the location really isn’t the problem, and if it’s not a terror cell — if it’s a benign community center with a prayer room — then the sensitivity we’re all supposed to cater to is nothing more than xenophobic bullshit you should all really get over.

So either way, the location really isn’t an issue. It’s a smokescreen. This is a point not made enough [or anywhere else, that I’ve seen].

I think he’s really found his voice again. This was some of the best 10 minutes he’s done in years. He’s pleading for sanity and calm. I hope everyone winds up watching this clip (not holding my breath of course…)